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Juan can purchase pens in packs of 12 and notebooks in packs of 4. He wants to purchase the least number of packs of two items so that he has one pen for each notebook. How many packs of pen and notebooks should he buy?

A. 12 packs of pen and 12 packs of notebooks
B. 12 packs of pen and 2 packs of notebooks
C. 1 pack of pens and 4 packs of notebooks
D. 1 pack of pens and 3 packs of notebook

Answer 1

@wolf1728

Answer 2

@jdoe0001

Answer 3

@surjithayer

Answer 4

If you buy one pack of pens you would have 12 pens. You need 12 notebooks to match with the 12 pens and since they come in packs of 4 you can buy 3 packs of notebooks and have 12 notebooks. 4x3=12.

Answer 5

So the answer is D.